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About the Mini Grant Program

The MIT Earth Day Collective is pleased to announce our third annual Earth Day Mini Grant program offering funding (up to $500 per team) for the MIT community (staff, students, faculty) to develop innovative & interactive campus projects promoting sustainability this April near Earth Day (April 22, 2017).

Applicants will be informed of their funding status within 2 weeks of deadline.

Funding Criteria

All applications will be evaluated based on their integration of the following themes:

Climate Forward Campus: Projects that promote community awareness and action on climate change at the campus level (i.e. a focus on reducing MIT’s operational contribution to climate change).

Culture of Sustainability: Projects that foster education and awareness to advance a culture of sustainable behavior at MIT – from sustainable mobility to energy efficiency.

Sustainable Resource Consumption: Projects that consume (and promote the consumption of) materials and supplies sustainably, considering the environmental and social impact of materials from sourcing to end-of-life.

Collective Impact: Projects that reach a minimum of 50 people (students, faculty, staff, community members) in a meaningful or innovative way.

Requirements

All applications must meet the following requirements:

ASA Student Group or Departmental Sponsor: Project teams must be affiliated with an ASA Student Group and/or include a staff or faculty sponsor within an MIT department.

Safety Considerations: Be safe, legal, and possible within existing Institute infrastructure. Applicants who submit proposals that do not meet these criteria will be rejected.

2016 Grant Recipients

FX Rehab Furniture Open House

Earth Day Visiting Professor Talk - Max Liboiron

How to Start Compost Collection in your Office or Lab

Waste Awareness Booth

Up-Cycled Crafts and Living a Zero-Waste Life

ECO-Foodware and Composting Info Session

Shut the Sash

Waste App Competition

Cardboard Toy/Furniture Workshop

Trash on My Back

Movie Screening: Food Waste

Bring Your Own Bags

Trash2Treasure

Water Bottles for Orientation

2015 Grant Recipients

Furniture Rehab and Demo Day (Furniture Exchange & Office of the President)

Trash On My Back (UA Committee on Sustainability)

Aquaponics at D-Lab (D-Lab) - an installation and learning laboratory

Reframing Complex Water Challenges Workshop (MIT Water Club)

Waste Research & Innovation Night (Waste Alliance)

MIT Environmental Film Festival (Environment, Health & Safety)

How to Start Compost Collection in your Lab or Office (Graduate Sustainability Council)